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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Show Me the Stamps Blog Hop

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Welcome to the Show Me the Stamps Holiday kick off!For this month’s hop, several of the Gina K
Designs Illustrators have brought together their design teams and guests.Each illustrator’s design group has fun and
exciting things to share using their stamps.

You might have noticed that I said “Holiday kick off”
instead of just blog hop. That’s because this month is special. As you may
know, we don’t always have a prize each month, but this month is one that we
do!The Gina K Designs Illustrators want
to help you celebrate the holidays in style with some Gina K Design stamps!

For this month’s hop,
we will be giving away a $50 gift certificate to the Gina K Designs store!

All you have to do to enter is leave a comment on each of
the Illustrators blogs.

Want an extra entry?

Become a blog follower of any of the illustrators and leave
a comment letting them know you did. That’s up to 8 chances to win if you
become a follower of each illustrator and leave a comment!!

Of course, you’ll want to check out the blogs on the
designer list below, too. Why? Because I will personally be sending out a
surprise gift to someone who comments on their blogs as well.

Now for today's projects! Here's what I've been stamping with lately...

First, I paired October's Stately Flowers 5 mistletoe and sentiment with one of my bestsellers from the past, Festive Frame. Aren't they lovely together? I stamped the frame in Rich Cocoa on Kraft cardstock and colored with Copics R22, R29, E13, E57, and G99. Mistletoe is stamped in Memento Pistachio, greeting in Rhubarb Stalk, cut with a Spellbinders Decorative Oval die. I added pearls to the poinsettia centers and card base isPure Luxury base weight White.

Next I used the Mistletoe image again stamped in Memento Cottage Ivy on Pure Luxury Jelly Bean Green, and used a white Picket Fence marker to color the berries and CopicYG06 to darken the leaves. TIP: Use a 3/4" circle punch to create a chain of 6 openings in the green panel to stamp "kisses" inside ("under the mistletoe", you know??) :) Hold the punch facing up so you can see where they will overlap as you punch. After punching (this is such a fun look and easier than having to adhere 6 punched circles!) place your white layer underneath and stamp the letters from Lots of Letters in Memento Cottage Ivy, Bamboo Leaves, and Lady Bug, alternating the colors. Then pop up the green layer over the white with pop dots. Love how these white round openings mimic the berry clusters. Finally, add some bakers twine and buttons.Card base is Pure Luxury Red Hot.

Finally, I had to share something with Pretty Patterns, one of my latest personal favorite sets and one I had in mind for coordination when I designed Lots of Letters. See how pretty the framed letters look nested into the stamped chevron borders? And the greeting: hee hee! Just showing you some uses for numbers, not just for dates! I used Memento Angel Pink, London Fog, and Rose Bud on Pure Luxury White. Card base isPure Luxury Smoky Slate.

You can also find more designs using my line of stamps (can't wait to see what they've chosen to use!) on the
blogs of my stamping friends:

Deadline to enter for the gift certificate drawing is 5PM
Central time on Thursday. November 15, 2012—release party day! AND just in time
for someone to do some exciting release party shopping when the new stamps become
available at 7PM!

Check back here
before the release party to find who the prize winners are and see the full reveal of my latest stamp set--Lots of Letters!

ALSO!! Be sure to come back Thursday
too because the Gina K Designs Illustrator Team will be hopping again sharing a peek at our sets before the party. But this
time we will be showing you peeks from the NEW stamp releases!

Fabulous Melanie! LOVE your peeks of your new set :) The Kraft frame on the first card is absolutely stunning. Love the fun punched sentiment in the kisses card and you know I LOVE pretty patterns with everything! Great use of it with the letters! xo

Love all your Stately Flowers and this new set is probably my favorite. Just love the first card shown - absolutely beautiful poinsettias and really like the mistletoe in with the sentiment. So much eye candy this morning by all those participating - wow.

Love how you combined the past and present stamps. And the reference pictures are great. The cards are wonderful, and I am trying to stretch my internet capabilities to become a follower. But StampTV is always a leading edge company!

How could anyone not fall in love with your projects! I love all your mistletoe cards and the stately flowers? no words for them, just the utmost!! Thank you for all the beautiful and hard work you put into this website.

Your work is so awesome. I love the kisses card. The Festive Frame works great with the floral oval die. I love the mistletoe. I've been a follower for some time. When blogger was causing so many issues, I signed up with friend connect, so I guess you could say I'm a two time follower - but at least I don't miss anything.

Absolutely love your traditional card. Love the effect of stamping and colouring on the kraft cs. Also love the layered effect and the soft colour you chose for the mistletoe - just love the whole thing. Became a follower.

A while back, I discovered your site, and immediately became a follower, via Google Reader. EVERYTHING you do is gorgeous and inspiring, and these projects certainly fit that description to a "t." My favourite = kisses. Adorable, heart-warming and just ear-to-ear smile inducing! Thank you for sharing and inspiring.

My oh My!! LOVE your elegant framing on the kraft!! Your poinsettias are simply stunning!! And the mistletoe silhouette in the bg is fabulous!! Then there's that super creative and charming "kisses" card!! How super clever and fun!! LOVE it!! Of course the chevrons with the letters....uber fantastic!! 3 A-M-A-Z-I-N-G creations!!

Wow Melanie these are awesome!!! I love the first one with Festive Frame. The second one is so cool with the off set panel. Then the last one, ooh la la, it is wonderful!!! I love the peek at your new set to. Thank you for sharing your fabulous talent. Hugs

Oh my Melanie, three fabulous cards! I especially like the KISS one, that green cardstock stands out beautifully. I've got your Festive Frame set and love it! Thanks for a great opportunity to win a nice prize. I'll be signing up to receive your blog as soon as I hit the "send" button on this.

Hi! I am new to your blog and of course, came from Teresa's blog. I really love the Merry Christmas card and the kisses card. I really like how that green layer is on top of the white layer and it's off kilter. I don't think I've every seen that before. Great card! I tried to sign up, but Feedburner wouldn't accept my email address. It's yurcute2@gmail.com. Can you sign me up? I like to get email notices since I check that all the time. Thanks for letting me peek at your designs, and for the chance to win. I hope I can get signed up for your blog posts. :-)

Awesome projects! You are one of my favorite designers and I just can't wait to see what you come up with next! Love the nesting of the letters beside the chevron border - great idea that looks fabulous!Warm Hugs,Katherine xx

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I am a stamp illustrator, author and Senior Design Team Member for Gina K Designs and a WAHM of two terrific boys. I've been stamping and creating cards and other papercrafts for 14 years, and was one of the Splitcoast Original Dirty Dozen Team (melmel). My first book of stamping tutorials came out in January 2012 and the second in May 2013. God has blessed me beyond measure with opportunities to use my gifts and a loving husband who supports my work and art. I pray you find inspiration in the creations and stories I post here!